The chief examiner of this examination is Zhang Zhibai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhu Xiaolian's beautiful Zhang Xuanxuan is Zhang Zhibai's daughter. So if nothing else, Zhang Zhibai will be Zhu Xiaolian's father-in-law in the future.

However, if Zhu Xiaolian is admitted to the Jinshi and becomes an official, he will definitely be able to use his father-in-law to rise to prominence in the future and save many years of struggle.

But now that he wants to be admitted to the Jinshi, he can only rely on himself at present.

After all, as the most important exam of the Great Departure Dynasty, the examination is the most rigorous in any aspect, and it is almost impossible to have the slightest suspicion of cheating.

For example, when I entered the examination room just now, it was almost impossible for anyone to get through the test in a fool's way, even taking off his clothes, and any part of his body had to be searched.

It is also difficult to ask someone to take the test on your behalf, and it is limited by the test card.

As for bribing examiners and leaking exam questions, there is no way. Not to mention whether you have the ability to impress the examiner, even if you do, you don't have a chance.

Because before each examination, once it is determined that the examiners are those people, these officials will be immediately 'invited' to the Gongyuan, and they will never come out again, which can be regarded as 'house arrest'.

It is not until the end of the exam and the marking of the test paper that these examiners are considered to have completed their tasks and are free.

At noon, many candidates all entered the examination room, found their own examination room according to the examination card and settled down, Zhang Zhibai began to inspect the examination room accompanied by a group of deputy examiners.

This is the practice of the imperial examination of the Dali Dynasty, whether it is the government examination, the hospital examination, the township examination, or the general examination, all of them have such a situation. This is done to show the importance of the exam, and secondly, to deter the discipline of the exam room.

When passing by the examination houses of other candidates, Zhang Zhibai and his party were like watching the flowers, never staying, just like walking a ceremony. But when they walked to the front of Xu Xian's examination house, Zhang Zhibai actually stopped, with a smile on his face, and said, "Take the test well, don't make mistakes." ”

Seeing this, the neighboring examiners couldn't help but show an envious expression, thinking to themselves who this was, and actually asked the examiner to personally speak out to encourage him!

So they stretched out their heads to take a look, and when someone recognized Xu Xian and said his name, everyone could only sigh helplessly and be convinced.

No wonder the examiner can treat him differently, it turns out that this is the world's number one talent who has almost predetermined the position of champion!

Xu Xian's state of mind was stable and unaffected. After Zhang Zhibai and his party left, they began to simply clean up the table, prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and quietly wait for the exam to begin.

After about half a pillar of incense, the first test paper of the meeting was distributed, mainly assessing the "Four Books", "Five Classics", and poetry.

Xu Mu opened the test paper and looked at the questions.

Compared with the township examination, the amount of questions in the exam paper is not much different, but the difficulty of the questions has increased by more than one level, whether it is the angle of the question or the hidden meaning, it makes people feel very tricky and difficult to write!

It's no wonder that even if you lift people, there is no one in ten who can jump over this threshold and become a jinshi.

Fortunately, Xu Xian has been practicing diligently these days, and his hard work is not lower than anyone else, coupled with his own unforgettable talent and insight beyond this world, it is naturally very easy to answer the questions.

For example, in this first question, the title is 'Neutrality without relying on strong justice'.

This quote is from "The Mean".

The full sentence is: "The gentleman is harmonious but not flowing, strong and corrective, neutral and not leaning, strong and corrective, the state has no way, strong and corrective, the country has no way, and it remains unchanged until death, and it is strong and correct." ”。

To put it simply, the political situation of the country is clear, you have become a big official, but you have not changed your previous integrity; the country is corrupt, and you would rather kill yourself than lose your integrity, this is a good man and a big man.

There are many aspects to be answered in this question, and each of them has high requirements, and it is necessary to have good insights.

After contemplating for a while, Xu Xian sorted out his thoughts in his mind, and quickly roughly determined the direction and intention of answering the question.

With a sigh of relief, Xu Xian picked up the pen and wrote: "Since ancient times, the rule of emperors and sages, the way of sages, is nothing more than one. The middle one is the one that should be regarded as the standard for all generations in the world. However, the crowd is not self-reliant. And the heroic and strange people are inevitably too arrogant, and they can't take the big and middle school as their home. Since ancient times, those who have been loyal and generous, and those who cannot be neutral, are often ......"

Xu Xian's answer this time is no longer relying on the memory of his previous life and is opportunistic. Instead, he relied entirely on his own opinions, combined with the current situation of the Great Departure Dynasty, and put forward his own ideas and suggestions.

Writing like this is actually smoother, and the thoughts are like springs, and the writing is more touching. The paper was covered in handwriting.

When this question was answered, before I knew it, the sun had set, the sky gradually darkened, and more than 5,000 words jumped on the paper.

"Huh~" Xu Xian went back and read his answer, and added some more, until it could be absolutely said to be perfect in every aspect, and he couldn't find any flaws himself, so he couldn't count it as a stop.

Next, Xu Xian did not stop writing and resting, but lit a candle and continued to answer the question.

The first session of the examination lasted three days and three nights, and the same was true for the next two, so it was very long, and there was a small bed in the examination room for candidates to rest at night when they were tired.

Xu Xian's physical strength is naturally not comparable to ordinary people, so he answered most of the second question until his thinking stagnated a little, and then stopped writing.

After pressing the test paper with an inkstone and drying the ink, Xu Xian lay down on the small single bed in the examination room and began to sleep to recuperate.

At this time, it was already the bright moon in the sky, and it was late at night.

Yingtianfu, which was noisy during the day, was completely quiet, and in the examination room of the Gongyuan Academy, ninety percent of the candidates had already fallen asleep, no longer answering questions, and snoring came and went.

Xu Xian was just about to rest, and his level of effort could be seen.

Hard work pays off!

The imperial examination is particularly consistent with this theorem.

No matter how amazing your talent is and how incredible your talent is, if you don't put in enough sweat and hard work, it is almost impossible to stand out among thousands of candidates.

In history, there has never been a shortage of talented people, who are talented enough to leave a name for eternity, but they have never even been able to pass the examination, so they can only be a romantic talent.

But if you want the title of the gold list, or even the top student in high school, it is never something that can be summed up by a sentence of 'talented'.

Talent and hard work are indispensable.

If Xu Xian just wanted to be a romantic talent, he wouldn't have to embarrass himself like this for a long time, and relying on the Reading Micro Bookstore would be enough to worry about food and clothing.

But his lady is Bai Suzhen, and he knows that there are too many bumps and thorns on the road ahead!

If he wants to avoid his destined tragedy, he must make himself stronger!